Thomas Bowdler is best-remembered for being the credited author of The Family Shakespeare, a book first published in 1807.
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Bowdler's Day is celebrated on July 11, the birthday of the physician and philanthropist who published a censored edition of Shakespeare's works, Thomas...
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The only old murder ballad I just can't abide is Down in the Willow Garden. In that song, the girl is poisoned, stabbed, and drowned.
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Pushing ideas and books out the library, even the use of bullets and threats, is nothing that we should expect librarians to do; instead,...
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Few literary reputations have suffered as great a reversal as that of Thomas Bowdler, and even fewer so deservedly. The “family” edition of...
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Technology is tampering with freedom of speech, and we don't know what to do about it. At issue are the global platforms Facebook,...
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Religion News Service columnist Mark Silk responds to Utah school district banning the Bible from grade schools and middle schools.
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A history of book bans and the most notorious acts of censorship and how PEN America has fought censorship.
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The news that hundreds of changes have been made in Dahl's classics is now followed by word that Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, is getting an...
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There are some who complain that America has gone woke—but when has it not been? The woke mob (Puritans) have been canceling (executing)...
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